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LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder said today he supports efforts in the Legislature to come up with extra money to fix an outbreak of potholes, but he stressed those measures won’t address the state’s long-term road funding problem.

More than $1 billion more per year — several times the numbers that are now being discussed — is needed on an ongoing basis, Snyder said.

The Senate passed a supplemental appropriations bill for the current fiscal year that adds $100 million for increased road maintenance in response to the brutal winter, while the House Appropriations Committee passed a supplemental bill today that would add more than twice as much for roads, $215 million.

Snyder told reporters today his office “is coming up with some numbers that we think will be helpful to that process, and we’re doing it pretty quickly.”

“I’m supportive of doing something,” Snyder said at the Lansing Center after addressing the Michigan Society of Association Executives.

Snyder told the association that although potholes are bad now, “when the thaw comes, when it actually does warm up, it’s going to be much worse than it is today.”

The money in the supplemental bill for the 2014 fiscal year won’t fix the state’s road problems, he said.

“This will fill potholes and help pay for salt and overtime,” he said. Snyder said he hopes the attention the issue is getting this winter “highlights the need for a comprehensive long-term solution.”

Snyder has been calling on lawmakers for the last two years to raise fuel taxes and registration fees to spend an additional $1.2 billion a year on roads and bridges, but bills to raise extra revenue have gained little traction in the Legislature.

Jake Markey, a retired UAW electrician from Cedarville, said Wednesday he would rather see more money spent on roads than receive the small tax cut proposed by both Snyder and state lawmakers.

“It’s unfortunate their main goal is to get re-elected,” and they believe tax cuts will appeal to voters, Markey said.

“I just hope they do something. These roads are just atrocious.”

Snyder said safety becomes a concern with respect to bridges, about 13% of which are structurally deficient.

“Going to and from work, if you go over or under eight bridges or more, one of those statistically is structurally deficient,” he said.

“That doesn’t mean they’re unsafe or should be closed, but that’s not a good feeling to think they’re structurally deficient.”